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Jan 31, 2002 · Mortgage of Slaves and Goods from Edmund Randolph. This Indenture made this nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred. Between Edmund Randolph of the City of Richmond of the one part, and Thomas Jefferson the friend and trustee of Arriana Randolph, William Foushee, Daniel L. Hylton, William DuVal, Samuel Mc.Craw ...
- From Thomas Jefferson to Philip Ludwell Grymes, 24 July 1800
For her annuity, see also Mortgage of Slaves and Goods from...
- Edmund Randolph’s Opinion on the Theft of Slaves from ...
Edmund Randolph’s Opinion on the Theft of Slaves from...
- From Thomas Jefferson to Philip Ludwell Grymes, 24 July 1800
Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, and the 7th Governor of Virginia. As a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail.
Aug 13, 2020 · Late in his presidency, George Washington told his Secretary of State, Edmund Randolph, that in the event of a conflict between North and South, he had "made up his mind to leave Virginia and...
As Secretary of State, Randolph oversaw the resolution of the Citizen Genêt Affair, in which the French diplomat Edmond Genêt encouraged American privateers to seize British merchant ships – a direct violation of the United States government’s policy of neutrality in the war between France and Great Britain.
Attorney General Edmund Randolph's slaves had obtained their freedom under the 1780 law, and Randolph was advising Washington (through Lear's letters) on how to prevent the eight from similarly obtaining theirs.
Jan 24, 2002 · Edmund Randolph’s Opinion on the Theft of Slaves from Martinique. The attorney-general of the United States has the honor of replying to the communication of the Secretary of State, on the 28th. Ultimo, concerning the proceedings of Captain Hickman, in bringing away from Martinique certain slaves, the property of residents there.
Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between the delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the enslaved population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
